Maddy Joseph is a student at Harvard Law School.
NLRB General Counsel Peter Robb may be seeking to reorganize the NLRB’s field offices, Bloomberg reported yesterday. His proposal involves consolidating regional offices and placing at the top of each an official who would report directly to him. This could strengthen central control over regional offices and reduce the number of officials who have the authority to issue complaints and decisions regarding union representations.
The results of the union election at the LA Times are expected today. Although workers at many major U.S. newspapers, including the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal are unionized, this is the first time that the LA Times’‘s journalists have voted on a union.
El Salvador announced earlier this week that it is working on a deal with Qatar to take as temporary workers Salvadorans who will lose their temporary protected status (TPS) in the United States in September 2019. On January 8, the Trump Administration said that it would terminate TPS for around 200,000 Salvadorans.
CNBC gives in-depth instructions to gig workers, most of whom do not have taxes withheld, on calculating and making estimated tax payments. In other gig-related news, The Boston Review has an essay, “The Gig Economy’s Great Delusion,” which critiques the way platforms and other companies have positioned gig jobs as a social safety net.
A new analysis from the Economic Policy Institute estimates that tipped workers will lose $5.6 billion–$4.6 billion of that lost by women–per year under the Department of Labor’s proposed tip rule.
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July 3
California compromises with unions on housing; 11th Circuit rules against transgender teacher; Harvard removes hundreds from grad student union.
July 2
Block, Nanda, and Nayak argue that the NLRA is under attack, harming democracy; the EEOC files a motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by former EEOC Commissioner Jocelyn Samuels; and SEIU Local 1000 strikes an agreement with the State of California to delay the state's return-to-office executive order for state workers.
July 1
In today’s news and commentary, the Department of Labor proposes to roll back minimum wage and overtime protections for home care workers, a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit by public defenders over a union’s Gaza statements, and Philadelphia’s largest municipal union is on strike for first time in nearly 40 years. On Monday, the U.S. […]
June 30
Antidiscrimination scholars question McDonnell Douglas, George Washington University Hospital bargained in bad faith, and NY regulators defend LPA dispensary law.
June 29
In today’s news and commentary, Trump v. CASA restricts nationwide injunctions, a preliminary injunction continues to stop DOL from shutting down Job Corps, and the minimum wage is set to rise in multiple cities and states. On Friday, the Supreme Court held in Trump v. CASA that universal injunctions “likely exceed the equitable authority that […]
June 27
Labor's role in Zohran Mamdani's victory; DHS funding amendment aims to expand guest worker programs; COSELL submission deadline rapidly approaching